It is estimated that there are 1 100 million Buddhists in Chinese mainland. At present, there are more than 20,000 Buddhist temples in three major language families in Chinese mainland, including over 0.5 million in Han Buddhism, over 4,000 in Tibetan Buddhism and over 300 in Southern Buddhism. In Chinese mainland, there are more than 200,000 Buddhist monks and nuns in three major language families, including more than 0/0,000 Buddhist monks and nuns in Chinese, nearly 0/0,000 Buddhist monks and nuns in Tibetan and nearly 5,000 Buddhist monks and nuns in Southern Buddhism. There are 4000 monks in 34 Buddhist colleges in three major language families, and 6000 monks have graduated. There are nearly 30 kinds of Buddhist publications in Chinese mainland.
There are 5 million Buddhist followers in Taiwan, ranking first among all religions in Taiwan Province Province, with 4,000 temples and monks and nuns 1 10,000 people. Influential Buddhist organizations and groups include Foguang Mountain, Zhongtai Temple, dharma drum mountain, Tzu Chi Foundation, Chinese Buddhist Association, Chinese Buddhist Association and China Youth Buddhist Association.
There are nearly one million Buddhists in Hong Kong. The main Buddhist organizations are Hong Kong Buddhist Federation, Hong Kong Buddhist Sangha Federation and Sande Buddhist Center. The main temples are related to Zongmiao, Baolian Temple and Zhilian Jingyuan.
Macao has a total population of 480,000, about half of which believe in Buddhism, with dozens of monks and nuns and more than 40 temples. The main sects of Buddhism are Zen Buddhism and Pure Land Buddhism.